Seabury Hall freshman Kailea Tracy-Visintainer took first place in the 200 and 400, with King Kekaulike senior Bailey Massenburg winning the 800 and 1500 races.
Also grabbing gold medals were Baldwin's Sean Tesoro in the discus and teammate Joey Amescua in the 800, beating out Kekaulike's Reid Hunter for the top spot. Hunter also was runnerup in the 1,500, losing by less than three-tenths of a second.
Four other
athletes posted third-place finishes: Baldwin's Brittany Feiteira in the 100, St. Anthony's Billy Pacheco Jr. in the pole vault, Lahainaluna's Bryson Williams in the triple jump, and Kalei Kamahele in the 200.
The star of the meet was Radford's Christopher Rainey, who won four gold medals on Saturday night, setting a record in the 200 and anchoring the 400 relay team to a record in Friday's trials.
His efforts were not enough to prevent Punahou from posting a narrow victory, 55.75 to 52 points, to take the boy's team title. Emphasis on "team." Punahou took only one first, but placed athletes in 10 of 16 events. Baldwin finished third with 41.75 points.
Kamehameha-Oahu won the girl's team title over Punahou. The Warriors garnered 59.25 points compared to Punahou's 55.75. King Kekaulike was fifth with 30 and Seabury sixth with 26 points.
The two most highly touted high school players in Hawaii will be joining forces next college season as members of the Stanford volleyball team.
But on Saturday night, Iolani's Brad Lawson and Punahou's Erik Shoji were on opposite sides of the net in the championship game of the state Division-I tournament a the King Kekaulike gym..
With the relentless Lawson leading the way, Iolani got the better of Punahou when it counted most, defeating the three-time defending champion Buffanblu 25-22, 22-25, 25-20 after being swept twice by their rivals in ILH play.
The 6-foot-7 Lawson is described by his coach, Mike Among, as the best prep player in the nation. It was hard to argue with that assessment following Lawson's sensational performance against Punahou.
Lawson finished with 25 kills, including 14 in the final game, as Iolani captured its second state title, the first coming in 2003. He also dashed Punahou's bid for a 27th title in the 39-year history of the event.
In softball, Kamehameha-Kapalama blanked Mililani for the D-I title, while Pac-5 defeated Kauai 4-1 for the D-II crown. Lanai lost 6-2 to Kapaa for third place.
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2 comments:
Sorry, I posted this in the wrong place earlier. What happened to the Baldwin girls track & field team at states this past weekend? After placing 2nd for 3 years in a row, they fell to a distant 13th.
Amazing that you guys continue to read what the Mauinews says and then report like you thought of it. Give credit where credit is due, brah. And pay closer attention. Bailey Massenburg is a junior.
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